Stephen Blundell ponders the history of disagreements between scientists — from the ancient Greeks to questions about room-temperature superconductivity — and what they show about how to disagree well.
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Blundell, S.J. When scientists disagree. Nat Rev Phys 5, 628–629 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-023-00647-3
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